Coin and stamp depository.



L. H. BRIANT. COIN AND STAMP DEPOSITORY.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I6, I914.

1,144,526. Patented June 29, 1915.

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COIN AND STAMP DEPOSITORY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1915.

Application filed April 16, 1914. Serial Inseam.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LESTER I-I. BRIANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Webster, in the county of Books, State of Kansas, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Coin and Stamp Depositories; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to coin and stamp depositories for rural mail boxes.

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a coin and stamp deposltory for rural mail boxes which can be easily attached to the box and from which coins and stamps may be extracted with facility.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of the character described which embodies means for 1nd1- cating the number and denominationof the stamps desired in exchange for the coin previously deposited in the device.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly polnted out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detall reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the 1nvention, a portion of the side of a mall bo x being shown; Fig. 2, a plan view of what is shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a section on the l ne 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4c, a section on the line H of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a view simllar to Fig. 4: showing the gate valve which controls the delivery of coins and stamps in open pos1- tion, and Fig. 6, a perspective view of the letter holder mounted on one side of the depository.

Referring to the drawlngs 10 indlcates the side wall of a mail box to which the improved depository is secured. The depository is shown as comprising a receptacle A including a front member 10, a rear member 11, side members 12 and 13, and an lncllned bottom 14: having an extension 15, the lower edge of the front member 10 being spaced from the inclined bottom 14 and extension 15 whereby coins and stamps deposited in the receptacle will slide down the bottom and extension under the influence of gravity.

he extension 15 is provided at each side with guide flanges 16. Pivoted to the front member 10 is a gate valve 17 which is normallyheld in the position shown in Fig. 41 by gravity and in which position said valve will prevent the coins and'stamps from sliding off of the extension 15 until the valve is manually moved to the position shown in Fig. 5. For convenience in operating the valve 17 to open position there is provided integral therewith a stem or handle 18. By moving the free ends of this stem or handle 18 toward the front member 10 it will be'obvious that the valve 17 will be operated to open position.

he side member 12 is provided at its junction with the front member 10 with a lateral extension 19 in which is mounted a stub shaft 20 projecting forwardly of the receptacle A. Fixed on this shaft 20 is a dial plate 21 having annular rows or consecutive figures 22 and 23 indicated on the face thereof, the inner row of figures 22 being utilized to indicate the number of one cent stamps desired and the outer row to indicate the number of two cent stamps desired. Rotatably mounted on the shaft 20 adjacent the dial 21 is a pointer 24, while a shorter pointer 25 is rotatably mounted on the shaft 20 outwardly of the pointer 24:. By moving the pointer 24.- to the figure 5 in the row of figures 23 it will indicate that five two cent stamps are desired, while a movement of the pointer 25 to the figure 5 in the row of figures 22 would indicate that five one cent stamps are desired. In this way the number of stamps and the denomination thereof desired in exchange for the coins in the receptacleA may be readily communicated to the carrier who in turn can extract the coins from the receptacle with facility by operating the valve 17 in the manner previously referred to. Secured to the side member 13 is a spring slip including cooperating arms 26 and 27 between which letters may be inserted by the carrier, said clip serving to hold the letters until removed by the owner of the box. The upper end of the front member 10 is curved outwardly as at 28 so as to render the insertion of coins and stamps easy.

What is claimed is In a coin and stamp depository, the combination of a receptacle having an open upper end and an inclined bottom provided rotation axially of the stud, the other arm with an extension, said bottom and extension of the valve being movable toward the front being spaced from the lower edge of the of the receptacle to dispose the free end of 15 front of the receptacle, upstanding flanges the first named arm'in spaced relation to the 5 at'the sides of said extensions respectively, extension.

a stud projecting from the front of the re- In testimony whereof, I afiiX my signaceptacle, and an angular gate valve pivoted ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

on said stud and normally held by gravity 7 LESTER H BRIANT in position to dispose the free edge of one 10 arm thereof in engagement with the eXten- Witnesses:

sion, said arm being movable between the BEE BANE,

flanges whereby the valve is held against CARL BRAY.

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